Karen Thurman: “The other thing that I might add to that is the issue of an independent business owner. About 80 percent of them are…”

Mr. Speaker, this is the most important vote that I ever will cast in this House. Deciding when to send our troops into harm's way is never easy and must not be made without serious consideration. My father was a career Air Force sergeant…

And that was one of those issues that in fact raised the level of it, and it causes a lot of problems for some people. But on this generic thing, I think there is something else that needs to be remembered. This is not just about seniors…

I have melon-growers in my district. If we had country-of-origin labeling then, consumers would have known the source of the contaminated melons. They were foreign and not domestic. Our market would not have been disrupted, perfectly good…

I believe they are important priorities. But as a result of that decision, and because this bill contains no revenue offsets, I believe that there is a substantial certainty that the tax reductions contained in the energy bill will be…